How To Repair Dell E153Fpc LCD Monitor With Display Shutdown Problem

Repairing the DELL E153Fpc LCD Monitor with the complaint of display shutdown after few seconds (power LED still on) was not difficult. Normally when this type of problem happens, we would first suspect the inverter board, then the filter capacitors and lastly the main board. A defective in one of the lamps and a faulty TL1451AC PWM IC or inverter ic may caused the display to shutdown as well. If the lamp is defective, it will send a feedback to pin 3 or

14 of TL1451AC IC and caused it to stop producing output signal thus the display just shut off once you switch it on. The power board is using a SG6841D pwm ic and a FQPF7N80 power fet . If this power section blow, it is quite easy to troubleshoot because it has fewer components. You can also use other part numbers to substitute the power fet. As usual, after opening up the cover, I would first check for any burnt components, loose connector, cracked board, dry joints and etc before doing the voltage test. As for the lamps, I would check it last because lamps were seldom spoilt. Upon scanning for any bad components before starting the voltage test, I found a filter capacitor that had turned into darker color. Using the ESR meter revealed the ESR ohm has shoot up to 12 ohms. This filter capacitor located at C922 with the value of 1000 micro farad 16 volt. If you dont have the ESR meter you can always use the digital capacitance meter. The value that I got from measuring the bad capacitor was 57 microfarad. If you dont have ESR meter, make sure you get one-its fast and accurate. Now, the question is why a filter capacitor can cause the display to shutdown? If you carefully see the picture, Ive drawn the yellow path to show you how the voltage is flowing. By the way, the voltage at the bad filter capacitor line is 12 volt.

The voltage passed through a SMD transistor in the start circuit and flow straight to pin 9 (VCC) of TL1451AC IC. In order to let the 12 volt to flow through the transistor and reach the vcc pin of the ic, first, a on signal must be sent from the main board to trigger the transistor.

If no signal send to the transistors (off signal), both transistors cant be turned on and no voltage will follow through the ic. Thus if the main board or any of the start circuit components spoilt, there will be power but no display because the TL1451AC would not send signal to the Royer type L, C resonant and boost circuit (that consists of C5706 transistors, capacitor, transformer,coil, fet, diode and resistors) so no high voltage produced by the high voltage transformer and this will lead to no display. In the above case, the LCD Monitor display shutdown was due to the ripple because of the bad filter capacitor. The ripple caused the TL1451AC IC to be unstable and eventually shutdown the output signal. Replacing only the filter capacitor solved the DELL E153Fpc LCD Monitor shutdown problem.

Conclusion, dont always presumed that LCD Monitor is very tough or difficult to repair. From the above article, you could see that the caused of the shutdown problem was only a bad capacitor. If you fully understood how LCD Monitor works, then chances for you to successfully repair the monitor is very high but again it depends on the availability of spare parts. If you ever come across any LCD Monitor sent to you for repair for the first time, go ahead and start troubleshoot it. Who knows one day LCD Monitor repair could become one of the major source of income to you and your business.

A 3.3 Volt Output Ic At Main Board

Probador de fuga de corriente de condensadores

Este instrumento se utiliza para comprobar fuga de corriente en condensadores que no son electrolticos. Para construir el instrumento arme el siguiente circuito.

Luego, coloque el circuito armado en una caja adecuada dejando afuera el cable de alimentacin, los cables con pinzas tipo caimn y la lmpara de nen colocada en un lugar visible.

Maneje con cuidado las puntas de pruebas, pues entregan una tensin cercana a los 250V pero con muy baja corriente. Por tal razn, confirme que los condensadores a verificar tengan una tensin de trabajo mnima de 100V. Para realizar la prueba, enchufe el instrumento en la red elctrica, coloque el condensador no electroltico en las puntas de pruebas y observe el encendido de la lmpara de nen.

Acte de acuerdo con los resultados siguientes: Si la lmpara de nen enciende y se mantiene encendida significa que el condensador tiene fuga de corriente. En este caso reemplace el condensador. Si la lmpara de nen parpadea y se mantiene parpadeando, significa que el condensador tiene fuga de corriente. En este caso reemplace el condensador. Si la lmpara de nen enciende y luego se apaga, significa que el condensador se carg de energa elctrica pero no tiene fuga de corriente. En este caso el condensador est en buen estado.